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41 Collaboration If your organization collaborates or has created partnerships with other organizations, groups, or other events, how is this accomplished? Collaboration* 51 Future Plans The Ellensburg Film Festival has many partners that are integral to the success of the Festival. In 2016, a new partnership with Central Washington University took the Festival to a new venue, the McConnell Theatre complex. We now have state- of-the art equipment and a venue where we can have three screenings happening within close proximity of one another. We use the McConnell theatre, which seats 750, the Tov,oer Theater, which seats around 120 and, for 2017, will use a screening space in Lind Hall, which seats around 100. We are continuing to offer a free family friendly screening at the Ellensburg Public Library Hal Holmes Center on Saturday afternoon. Other partnerships include our business sponsors, Central's film department and individuals who support specific films. During the past few months, we partnered with Ellensburg Community Radio and the Clymer Museum to offer free films on Friday nights as a way to maintain interest in films throughout the year. The Daily Record is another strong partnership as they design our program and flyer. The flyer is included in all newspapers during the week of the Festival. 2500 character linit Please explain what plans exist to allow this project to become self-sustaining. Include any plans for ticket sales, event sponsors, and other cost-recovery models. Future Plans* Tickets sales, grants and small events throughout the year generate revenue for EFF, along with Festival and film sponsors. The Festival is financially sound and revenue generated over and above ticket sales, such as the lodging tax funds, we to market to wider audiences with the goal of growing the Festival in terms of the number of attendees, particularly people from outside of Kittitas County. 2500 character lirrit Application Questions: Part 4 61 Additional Information Provide any additional information which will assist the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee in evaluating your project and its benefit to tourism. Additional Information EFF is a volunteer-staffed organization, operating under the 501 (c)3 status of the Laughing Horse Arts Foundation. A volunteer Board of 10 people plan the Festival, screen and select films and manage all other activities throughout the year. These Board members call upon another 40+ volunteers who staff the Festival, working as ushers or at the sales table throughout the weekend. Many of these volunteers help promote the Festival to friends and others who live outside Kittitas County, another way we attract out-of-towners to Ellensburg. 2500 character lirrit Supporting Documents You rmy upload any supporting docurrents such as graphs, irrnges, diagrarrs, rrerketing rmterials, etc. You are allowed to subrril up to 3 single page (US Letter) docurrents in JFG, ITT or 11FFforrrnt 71 Previous Lodging Tax Grant Information